By republiccommando
06/08/2018 - 14:48:35
Type: Spaceship
Rating: 0.22 (Not rated)
Description
The battered machine lay silent in the hangar of the GCE science vessel, seemingly having given its last breath long ago. Vital fluids dripped from it like tears, exposed wires sparked, and panels caked with rust and stardust crumbled slowly in the artificial atmosphere. It had survived the trials of deep space but had become crippled and its power supply severely drained in the process. Along with hull damage characteristic of collisions with space debris and exposure to the harshness of deep space, small areas of the probe?s hull were seared and melted. Whatever had struck the machine ate away at its shell, leaving it porous and brittle. Of all mysteries presented by the alien machine, this was one of the easier to solve. The probe had been fleeing someone or something. Other than that, virtually nothing could be ascertained.
Faintly, the broken machine reached out in a fragmented and confusing language to the scientists that gathered around it, prodding and poking. Quickly the machine was dying, its crippled power supply or perhaps some security measure rendering its message scrambled beyond all recognition and its purpose unknown. Time after time the researchers attempted to shed light on the alien artifact and time after time they failed. Numerous murmurs echoed around the probe, fraught with frustration and hushed concern. After much deliberation the team of scientists turned to their final hope and made the call.
By Gonzalo218
YES you're back! Y'know what, to hell with my break. I'm going back to spore!